> things are better than ever in thousands of years of Korean history. This has to be the weakest and most ridiculous argument commonly used to justify the sta

> things are better than ever in thousands of years of Korean history. This has to be the weakest and most ridiculous argument commonly used to justify the status quo. Are you implying that all of the suffering outlined in this article is necessary in order for citizens to not be starving and society to advance? Same logic could be applied to 17th century conquistadors exterminating Native American populations and American plantation owners whipping their slaves. Sure there are some downsides like the whole human rights issue of genocide and slavery, but things are so much better now than they were hundreds of years ago!